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DJANGO’S LEGACY
ENIGMATIC GYPSY KING DJANGO REINHARDT CONTINUES TO MYSTIFY, ASTONISH AND INSPIRE GUITARISTS – EVEN 70 YEARS AFTER HIS UNTIMELY PASSING. SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS HAVE FAITHFULLY AND TIRELESSLY KEPT HIS NAME, LEGACY AND EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC ALIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT, TODAY, THERE IS A GLOBAL SCENE DEDICATED TO THE ‘HOT CLUB’ STYLE THAT CONTINUES TO THRIVE SEEMINGLY INDEPENDENT OF CURRENT TRENDS, NO MORE SO THAN IN THE UK WHERE A NEW CREW OF DJANGOPHILES HAVE HAPPILY TAKEN THE MUSICAL BATON THAT DJANGO HIMSELF FORGED BACK IN THE MID-1930S. GUITARIST SPEAKS TO SIX YOUNG PURVEYORS OF ‘LA POMPE’ – ALEXBISHOP, CORNELIUS CORKERY, HARRY DIPLOCK, REMI HARRIS, LEWIS KILVINGTON AND CHRIS QUINN – ABOUT WHAT MAKES DJANGO’S GUITAR SO IMPORTANT, RELEVANT AND VITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Words Denny Ilett Poster Image Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images
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